In the news only included releases of Star Wars movies. There wasn't much news. Similarly, "On this day" had the perfunctory announcement that "No Star Wars movie events happened."

The article navigation lost its Expanded Universe section.

Only search images with pictures from the movies were allowed.

As in previous years, a {{USERNAME}} entry was added to the Wookieepedian of the Month page, causing everyone who visited the page to see themselves "nominated" for the award, with both positive and negative comments abounding, all in good fun of course.

Reaction

Reaction was…heated. A Senate Page topic created as part of the prank soon attracted a number of posts, some catching the joke, some believing it to be serious—and irate about it. Administrator Atarumaster88pretended to leave to form his own splinter wiki where the Expanded Universe was allowed.

User JMAS created a declaration of Rebellion against the oppressive tyranny of the administration, but Administrator Chack Jadson declared the petition illegal. Fortunately, the standoff was resolved with the end of the day, and hence the joke.